Uamh Craige Leithe
Field System (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Uamh Craige Leithe
Classification Field System (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Lat 249
Canmore ID 8656
Site Number ND23SW 3
NGR ND 218 334
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8656
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND23SW 3 218 334.
(ND 218 334) Cairns (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
Low stony mounds, of uncertain character, some 14 to 18ft in diameter. RCAHMS 1911.
Situated in a pasture field, these mounds are stone clearance heaps forming a small field system although the fields are indistinct and have been partly destroyed by modern cultivation.
No hut circles were located.
Visited by OS (R L) 12 March 1968.
This possibly prehistoric cairnfield, consisting of low, stony, grass-covered mounds, 4.25 to 5.49m in diameter, has been extended to include similar mounds and a possible hut circle, which lies on the periphery and measures about 17m in diameter, with walls 4m wide.
C E Batey 1982.
Field Visit (1911)
Low stony mounds, of uncertain character, some 14 to 18ft in diameter.
RCAHMS 1911.
Field Visit (12 March 1968)
Situated in a pasture field, these mounds are stone clearance heaps forming a small field system although the fields are indistinct and have been partly destroyed by modern cultivation.
No hut circles were located.
Visited by OS (R L) 12 March 1968.
Project (1980 - 1982)
Field Visit (1982)
This possibly prehistoric cairnfield, consisting of low, stony, grass-covered mounds, 4.25 to 5.49m in diameter, has been extended to include similar mounds and a possible hut circle, which lies on the periphery and measures about 17m in diameter, with walls 4m wide.
C E Batey 1982.
